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15 May – Eoin MacNeill, scholar, nationalist and revolutionary (died 1945). 17 June – John Robert Gregg, creator of Gregg Shorthand (died 1948). 11 August – Martin Morris, 2nd Baron Killanin, barrister and politician (died 1927).
The Fenian Rising of 1867 (Irish: Éirí Amach na bhFíníní, 1867, IPA: [ˈeːɾʲiː əˈmˠax n̪ˠə ˈvʲiːnʲiːnʲiː]) was a rebellion against British rule in Ireland, organised by the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB).
Ultimately, the land question was settled through successive Irish Land Acts by the United Kingdom – beginning with the Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Act 1870 and the Land Law (Ireland) Act 1881 of William Ewart Gladstone, which first gave extensive rights to tenant farmers, then the Wyndham Land Purchase (Ireland) Act 1903 won by William O ...
The Republic of Ireland Act abolishes the statutory functions of the British monarch in relation to Ireland and confers them on the President of Ireland. 1955: 14 December: Ireland joins the United Nations along with sixteen other sovereign states. 1969: August: Troops are deployed on the streets of Northern Ireland, marking the start of the ...
The song was sung at football matches by fans of Celtic F.C. and the Republic of Ireland team. [citation needed] The melody of the chorus was adapted for "Ally's Tartan Army", the Scotland national football team's anthem for the FIFA World Cup 1978, this was itself adapted as the chorus of "Put 'Em Under Pressure", the anthem for the Republic of Ireland team for the FIFA World Cup 1990.
Portraits of the Manchester Martyrs – Larkin (left), Allen (centre) and O'Brien (right) – on a shamrock. The Manchester Martyrs (Irish: Mairtirígh Mhanchain) [1] [2] were three Irish Republicans – William Philip Allen, Michael Larkin, and Michael O'Brien – who were hanged in 1867 following their conviction of murder after an attack on a police van in Manchester, England, in which a ...
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4 September – Alice Milligan, nationalist and poet (died 1953). 16 October – Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan, British Army commander in World War I, later Chief of the Imperial General Staff and Field Marshal (died 1946). 12 November – Herbert Trench, poet (died 1923). Full date unknown. Grace Rhys, née Little, novelist (died 1929).